Dec 30th, 2020, 8:24 am
Hi everyone, long time lurker, first time poster.

I highly enjoy the genres of urban fantasy, crime/mystery, and thrillers, and it's difficult sometimes to find new series that I enjoy. Therefore, for your consideration, here is a list of authors and series that I would recommend to others - feel free to chime in with your own recs (and potentially check out the ones below!)

Note - 'Bibliography' means pretty much everything that the author has written. This might be that the author has written almost all standalone books, or that all their series are recommended.

Urban Fantasy
Ben Aaronovitch - The Rivers of London series
Benedict Jacka - Alex Verus series
Brandon Sanderson - Stephen Leeds series
Craig Schaefer - Daniel Faust series, Harmony Black series
Daniel O'Malley - The Checquy Files
J. L. Bryan - Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper series
Jim Bernheimer - Dead Eye series
Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files
Jim C. Hines - Magic Ex Libris series
John Ringo - Monster Hunter Memoirs
Kevin Hearne - The Iron Druid Chronicles
Larry Correia - Monster Hunter International series, The Grimnoir Chronicles
Mike Carey - Felix Castor series
Richard Kadrey - Sandman Slim series
Seanan McGuire - October Daye series
Simon R. Green - Bibliography
Stephen Blackmoore - Eric Carter series
Tad Williams - Bobby Dollar series
Tim Waggoner - Shadow Watch series, The Nekropolis Archives

High Fantasy
Brandon Sanderson – Mistborn series
Peter V. Brett - Demon Cycle series
Scott Lynch - Gentlemen Bastards series
Thomas E. Sniegoski - Remy Chandler series

Low Fantasy
Alex Hughes - Mindspace Investigations series
Genevieve Cogman - Invisible Library series
Jonathan L. Howard - Johannes Cabal series
Kim Newman - Anno Dracula series
Luke Arnold - Fetch Phillips Archives
Naomi Novik – Temeraire series

Superheroes
A. Lee Martinez - Bibliography
Andrew Seiple - The Dire Saga
Brandon Sanderson – Reckoners series
Chelsea M. Campbell - Renegade X series
David Reiss - The Chronicles of Fid
Jim Bernheimer - Confessions of a D-List Supervillain
Matt Abraham - Black Cape Case Files
Patrick E. McLean - How to Succeed in Evil series

Science Fiction
Jim Butcher - The Cinder Spires
Jim C. Hines - Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse series
Martha Wells - Murderbot Diaries
Simon R. Green - Deathstalker series

General Fiction
Jeffrey Archer - Bibliography
John Mortimer - Rumpole of the Bailey series

Crime / Mystery
Anthony E. Zuiker - Level 26 series
Anthony Horowitz - Hawthorne series, The New Sherlock Holmes series
Keigo Higashino - Kyoichiro Kaga series, Detective Galileo series
Robert B. Parker / Ace Atkins - The Spenser Series
Robert Crais - Elvis Cole series
Robert Galbraith - Cormoran Strike series
Sophie Hannah - The New Hercule Poirot series

Action / Thriller
Craig Schaefer - Charlie McCabe series
Dan Brown - Bibliography
David Baldacci - Bibliography, King & Maxwell series, John Puller series, Will Robie series, Amos Decker series
Jeff Lindsay - Dexter series, Riley Wolfe series
Matthew Reilly - Shane Scofield series, Jack West Jr series

Young Adult
Andrew Lane - Young Sherlock Holmes series
Anthony Horowitz - Alex Rider series, the Power of Five series
Barry Lyga - I Hunt Killers series
Captain W. E. Johns - Biggles series
Christopher Paolini - The Inheritance Cycle
David Levithan - Every Day series
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl / The Fowl Twins series
John Connolly - Samuel Johnson series
John Green - Bibliography
Justin Richards - The Invisible Detective series
Mark Walden - HIVE series
Matthew Reilly - Hover Car Racer, The Tournament
Rachel Cohn & David Levithan - Dash and Lily Series
Scott Westerfeld - Leviathan series
Y. S. Lee - The Agency series

Feel free to comment and ask me about what I like and what I don't like about each!
Dec 30th, 2020, 8:24 am